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@erinmores definitely just edit it. The combat is produced by the two opposing ships. The game doesn’t allow ncms after units have been involved in combat, so in those situations you need to do the move as a combat move. Or as an edit after.

In the Atlantic, I would probably retreat from Normandy. I haven’t looked close at the odds. I don’t think Italy can take it alone if you land enough air, but I think you would have to worry about Italy softening it for Germany. I would build the Gib AB, and move the US/UK fleet to 92. You have Norway, this gives you range to hit Italy, Normandy and Greece.

A blocker is useful in NWP, but only if you have enough units to counterattack if he stacks with Germany alone in NWP. You just have enough I think with an all art build in Persia and a blocker of 4. May want to build an air in Egypt too.

I would take India, and leave 2 inf and a AA in W India. The remaining units I would move o E Persia and I would stack tanks and mechs there. It forces him to commit more units to taking W India to secure it.

Because of this, I would be very tempted to move the fleet to 80, although it has a lot of value where it is. 81 Might be a good option since it can hit 79 from there, and you can still threaten the Med.

In the Pacific, I would take Celebes with ANZAC (it likely forces him to waste a transport) and grab Marshall Islands with the US (since with minimal protection you can likely keep that transport safe.) Otherwise, I would just build up the pressure by building the US fleet.

I would probably keep the China stack where it is and just attack Hopei and Yunnan. Yunnan is also tempting. I’d be nervous because all his air can reach and that is a near 100% battle for him. But the cost to him would probably be enormous and he would not be able to use air anywhere else in the game. Worth considering at least.

meant to move that AA in Bulgaria to Greece. If you don’t mind I will edit that on the Germany turn.

@farmboy said in farmboy (X) vs Simon (A + 10):

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 6

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 6

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 3 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        2 bombers and 3 fighters moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
        1 carrier moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
        1 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
        2 fighters moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        4 tactical_bombers moved from Southern Italy to 110 Sea Zone
        1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Caucasus
              Germans take Caucasus from Russians
        1 armour moved from Bryansk to Smolensk
              Germans take Smolensk from Russians
        1 armour moved from Smolensk to Bryansk
        2 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Bryansk to Ukraine

    Combat - Germans
        Americans scrambles 3 units out of United Kingdom to defend against the attack in 110 Sea Zone
        Battle in Ukraine
            Germans attack with 2 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
            Russians defend with 1 factory_minor and 2 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Ukraine, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Ukraine
            Germans win, taking Ukraine from Russians with 2 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
        Battle in 110 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 2 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 5 fighters, 2 submarines and 4 tactical_bombers
            British defend with 2 fighters and 1 transport; Americans defend with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 3 fighters, 2 submarines and 2 transports
                Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 6/13 hits, 7.33 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Americans
                Americans roll dice for 2 submarines in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 5 fighters and 3 transports in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 7/10 hits, 5.50 expected hits
                2 submarines owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Germans, 2 destroyers owned by the Americans, 2 submarines owned by the Germans, 1 fighter owned by the Germans, 1 carrier owned by the Germans and 1 cruiser owned by the Germans lost in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers in 110 Sea Zone, round 3 : 6/10 hits, 6.00 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 fighters and 3 transports in 110 Sea Zone, round 3 : 4/8 hits, 4.83 expected hits
                1 cruiser owned by the Americans, 3 fighters owned by the Germans, 1 carrier owned by the Americans, 3 fighters owned by the Americans, 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans roll dice for 2 bombers, 1 fighter and 3 tactical_bombers in 110 Sea Zone, round 4 : 4/6 hits, 3.50 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 fighter and 3 transports in 110 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the Germans, 2 transports owned by the Americans, 1 fighter owned by the British and 1 battleship owned by the Americans lost in 110 Sea Zone
                1 transport owned by the British lost in 110 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 2 bombers and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 38
            Casualties for Germans: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 5 fighters, 2 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber
            Casualties for Americans: 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 3 fighters, 2 submarines and 2 transports
            Casualties for British: 2 fighters and 1 transport
        Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
            Germans attack with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            British defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Normandy Bordeaux
            Germans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from British with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        2 bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        3 tactical_bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
        1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Western Germany
        1 mech_infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Eastern Poland
        4 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
        10 mech_infantrys moved from Poland to Belarus
        1 artillery moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Archangel to Belarus
        3 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
        2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
        1 aaGun moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
        2 infantry moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
        1 aaGun moved from France to Holland Belgium
        2 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia
        1 marine moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium

    Place Units - Germans
        1 destroyer placed in 113 Sea Zone
        2 fighters placed in Western Germany
        4 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
        3 artilleries placed in Novgorod
        2 infantry placed in France

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,2
        Germans collect 55 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 55 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
        Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 65 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 70 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : -1.17
British : 0.67
Americans : 0.00
Russians : -0.67

Savegame

While I got teh better of it, you did beat the average and did a lot of damage.

@erinmores said in ErinmoreS (Axis) vs Farmboy (Allies) + 10 G40:

@erinmores Q. Did we play our first game on BM3? If I were playing someone else, what is the standard bid? Just how highly rated are you? (because I got a response, "Oh…I saw you playing “FARMBOY”…)

We did. I’d be one of the better players I think but not in the top tier. Simon and I would be pretty close.

If you haven’t played a lot online yet, there is generally a bit of a jump in the quality of play here relative to in real life. The online game gives you access to the odds calculations and a lot of different game situations and strategies as you play a lot of different people. So the quality of game play tends to go up quickly after a few games here. So it maybe the case that the bid was unnecessary in this one. But because its league I do still play to win and I was unsure about your experience in the game (and my rustiness with the regular game). I didn’t want to not take a bid and then discover we are close in experience in the game and you were playing axis which has a significant advantage in the regular game. And in the other one, I felt I had good dice, but that I almost was beaten in the Pacific early. I think with some less conservative play in a couple of situations you might have been able to make my win much more difficult.

GL and HF! Bid is 1 marine NZ 1 artillery AES

note that I took the wrong final casualty in 37 and changed it with an edit. Wanted to keep the cruiser in 37.

@DizzKneeLand33 no problem at all

forgot a move though. one sec

scramble. and destroy cruiser before destroyer

@DizzKneeLand33 said in Farmboy (X) vs Dizzkneeland33 (A+9) BM3:

No scramble, thx!

These are the situations I’m still learning. I know I sacked the fleet, but very possibly saved India as a result. Is the fleet worth India? I have no idea lol.

Yeah. I had pretty good odds on taking both, but not certain enough for such crucial battles for me to commit to both. And also not confident enough that I wouldn’t open my self up to counters if I divided my forces.

Its hard for me to judge what is good there. I typically would have retreated from India in this situation and saved the fleet, but I haven’t played against an allied strategy where the bomber buy is so key early in the game. That might change things up.

never mind. It is good

I’m not sure I am either. One sec

I don’t think I have a choice here. Keep the air alive. Destroy everything else

@DizzKneeLand33 said in Farmboy (X) vs Dizzkneeland33 (A+9) BM3:

Well, so much for the triple hit I had envisioned. :D

Yeah, I was worried about the triple hit, but was pretty confident that the price would be at least all the American bombers and subs and some other units. ouch!

I assumed no intercept as it wouldn’t have effected the bombing (and the odds would favour me) but if you wanted to gamble on that, we could use game dice.

One thing to note is that I had asked for my sub in 119 to be moved to 124. Of course this was after the fact so I’m fine if you wanted it to stay where it was. But since you didn’t attack it, you also got hit by the convoy damage. Just wanted to make sure that you didn’t just miss my message as you could save yourself two ipcs.

@DizzKneeLand33 thanks! It was a fun game. And your allied bomber strategy was quite an interesting and challenging one to play against. One tentative suggestion is that if you spent a bit more on US Navy in the Pacific so that they could grab islands, and on having some presence in the Atlantic, I think this might have been more dangerous.

Looking for one more game. Preference for Tier 1 or E this time and for BM. Any takers?

@oysteilo said in oysteilo (X) vs. farmboy (A+9) BM3:

i dont think i can keep egypt though so so

Long term, I hope not. Short term you might with the German air supporting. I didn’t calculate it. I had some pretty good dice in those UK combats to improve my chances